Children's Literature Legacy Award
Awarded for"substantial and lasting contributions to children's literature"
CountryUnited States
Presented byAssociation for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association
First awarded1954
Websiteala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/clla/about

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal is a prize awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to writers or illustrators of children's books published in the United States who have, over a period of years, made substantial and lasting contributions to children's literature.[1] The bronze medal prize was named after its first winner, twentieth-century American author Laura Ingalls Wilder.[1]

Originally, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal was awarded every five years, awarding six prizes between 1955 and 1980. From 1980 to 2001 it was awarded every three years, awarding seven prizes. From 2001 to 2015 it was awarded every two years. The most recent author to receive the award was James E. Ransome in 2023. It is now awarded annually.[2]

Criteria

  • The medal may be awarded to an author or illustrator including co-authors or co-illustrators, and persons who both write and illustrate. The person may be nominated posthumously.[3]
  • Some portion of the nominee's active career in books for children must have occurred in the twenty-five years prior to nomination.[3]
  • Citizenship or residence of the potential nominee is not to be considered.[3]
  • The nominee's work must be published in the United States but this does not mean that the first publication had to be in the United States. It means that books by the nominee have been published in the United States, and it is those books which are to be considered in the nomination process.[3]
  • At least some of the books by the potential nominee must have been available to children for at least ten years.[3]
  • The books, by their nature or number, occupy an important place in literature for American children, and children have read the books, and the books continue to be requested and read by children.[3]
  • The committee is to direct its attention only to the part of the nominee's total work that is books for children (up to and including age fourteen).[3]

Renaming

In February 2018, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), the division of ALA that administers the award, announced a taskforce which re-examined the naming of the award and included representation from the American Indian Library Association (AILA).[4] The task force was convened because of criticism of Wilder's depictions of Native and African Americans.[5] A recommendation to rename the award was made on June 23, 2018.[6] The ALSC board found Wilder's body of work "includes expressions of stereotypical attitudes inconsistent with ALSC's core values of inclusiveness, integrity and respect, and responsiveness."[7] The ALSC considered Wilder's depictions of minorities to be racist, in particular Native Americans.[7] The award's name was officially changed to the "Children's Literature Legacy Award."[8]

Recipients

Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winners[9]
Year Author
2023 James E. Ransome
2022 Grace Lin
2021 Mildred D. Taylor
2020 Kevin Henkes
2019 Walter Dean Myers
2018 Jacqueline Woodson
2017 Nikki Grimes
2016 Jerry Pinkney
2015 Donald Crews
2013 Katherine Paterson
2011 Tomie dePaola
2009 Ashley Bryan
2007 James Marshall
2005 Laurence Yep
2003 Eric Carle
2001 Milton Meltzer
1998 Russell Freedman
1995 Virginia Hamilton
1992 Marcia Brown
1989 Elizabeth George Speare
1986 Jean Fritz
1983 Maurice Sendak
1980 Theodor S. Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
1975 Beverly Cleary
1970 E. B. White
1965 Ruth Sawyer
1960 Clara Ingram Judson
1954 Laura Ingalls Wilder

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "About the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). American Library Association (ALA). Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved February 17, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Every Year a Wilder Year!". ALSC Blog. Association for Library Service to Children. July 31, 2014. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Wilder Award Terms and criteria". ALSC. Archived from the original on July 12, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  4. ↑ Lindsay, Nina. "ALSC Awards Program Review Update". ALSC Blog. ALA. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  5. ↑ Reese, Debbie. "BIG NEWS: A possible change in name of ALA's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award!". American Indians in Children's Literature. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  6. ↑ "About the Children's Literature Legacy Award". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). November 30, 1999. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  7. 1 2 Lou, Michelle (June 25, 2018). "Laura Ingalls Wilder's Name Cut From Award For Her 'Stereotypical' Depictions". HuffPost. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018 – via Yahoo! News.
  8. ↑ "Association removes Laura Ingalls Wilder's name from award". AP NEWS. June 24, 2018. Archived from the original on August 19, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Children's Literature Legacy Award Recipients". ALSC. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
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